by Christer Wiklund, Head of the Department of Arts, Communication and Education 08 Apr 2011

by Director of Undergraduate Studies Daniel Örtqvist, Department of Business Administration, Technology and Social Sciences 15 Jun 2018

By the end of this course, the student shall be able to:

• a. apply basic concepts of philosophy of science and give an outline of the conditions of science from different perspectives of philosophy of science,
• b. in general terms give accounts of research ethical principles and the ethical considerations that are linked to scientific practice,
• c. give an account of differences and similarities between qualitative and quantitative approaches to research, as well as the relation between scientific foundation and tested experience and its significance for the exercise of the profession,
• d. concretize and exemplify connections between research in the educational sciences and the practice of the teacher in the primary education, as well as between subject matter didactics and methods of working within the corresponding field of research,
• e. describe within educational science commonly used methods for data collecting, data processing and data analysis, as well as identify methodological issues within each phase of the research,
• f. interpret and use information from databases, and from a statistical perspective examine reports and scientific texts that are relevant for school and education,
• g. perform a secondary data analysis with data from the databases of the National Agency for Education and international surveys in the area of education (TIMSS and PISA).

Lectures, seminars, group-work and individual studies.

The examination consists of a written exam (aims a-c, 4.5 credits) and assignment reports (aims d-e, 1.5 hp, and aims f-g, 1.5 hp, respectively). To attain the grade ”G” on the course, every item has to be passed with at least the grade ”G”. To attain the grade ”VG” on the course, an additional requirement is that at least 4.5 of the credits are passed with the grade ”VG”.

Students must register for the courses themselves, or contact ETS educational administration eduets@ltu.se, not later than three days after the quarter commences. Failure to do so can result in the place being lost. This rule also applies to students with a guaranteed place.

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Anders Odenstedt

Backman, Y., Gardelli, T., Gardelli, V. & Persson, A. (2012). Vetenskapliga tankeverktyg. Lund: Studentlitteratur.
Hansson, S.O. (2007). Konsten att vara vetenskaplig. (Kompendium.)
Stukát, S. (1993). Statistikens grunder. Lund: Studentlitteratur.
Vetenskapsrådet (2002). Forskningsetiska principer inom humanistisk-samhällsvetenskaplig forskning. Stockholm: Vetenskapsrådet. http://www.codex.vr.se.

Additional reading:
Contemporary articles from international scientific journals, approx. 200 pages.

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